Question

What is command prompt? What are its uses?

Answer 1

Command Prompt is a command line interpreter application available in most Windows operating systems. It is used to execute entered commands. ... Command Prompt is officially called Windows Command Processor, but it is also sometimes referred to as ​the command shell or cmd prompt or even by its filename, cmd.exe.

Answer 2

Command prompt:

• Command prompt which is also known as commands shell or cmd prompt or a command-line interpreter is basically an application that is inbuilt with most of the operating system.

Uses:

• It is used to run and execute many command prompt commands.
• It has many commands which are inbuilt and automated via scripts or pre-processor. Some of the important commands are as follows: cipher, file compare, ipconfig, net stat, ping, shutdown, etc.